Bitter Quote by Beth Ditto

When I grew up, shame was used as a tool for check and balance. If you stood a chance of hearing someone say, "Shame…

— Robert Redford

Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.

— Carl Whitaker

Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am…

— Melody Beattie

Your only shame is to have shame.

— Amy Tan

Shame, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder.

— Julie Burchill

“Shame is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs…

— Gabor Maté

Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the…

— Hannah Gadsby

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we…

— Milan Kundera

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot tolerate having words wrapped around it. What it craves is secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you stay…

— Brené Brown

Shame is the dying embers of virtue.

— Josh Billings

Shame usually follows a pattern—a cycle of self-recrimination and lies that claims life after life. First, we experience an intensely painful event. Second, we…

— Craig Groeschel

Shame doesn't exist as an emotion without the projected or perceived sense of judgment coming from somewhere else.

— Leslie Jamison